Idiotic Company with Intense and Ridiculous Expectations and Protocols. - Web Search Evaluator Appen Employee Review

1.0
Dec 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-If you really must have a stressful work from home job, then this is a great job. -If you love stress and want to be in constant fear of losing your job, then this is a great job. -If you love the feeling of being dispensable and don't mind being let go at any given time, then this is a great job. -If you love the feeling of being made out to be an incompetent idiot, then this is a great job. -If you love your intelligence to be insulted by a low paying job disguised as "good pay" as you're expected to produce at robotic speed, then this is a great job. *This is an awesome job if you agree to all the above and then some.

Cons

-Work is tedious, very subjective, and frustrating and other senior judges subjective opinions always wins. -Unrealistic goals, as a web search evaluator to produce hits in very short amount of time like a robot. -Don't be fooled...for the work you do and constant aggravation, the pay is not that good (low). -Guidelines and auditors are always conflicting and inconsistent. -Always technical problems and glitches with toolbars and system. -Faulty outdated portal system that works only when it is in the mood. - Constant stressful audits. -You're constantly getting evaluated. -Management Constantly breathing down your neck. -You're ALWAYS at fear for losing your job as you can be terminated at any time (NO stability). -Hours are not always available. *You will regret this job as I have since I thought these reviews were over dramatic an over exaggerated. (But I have learned otherwise as I have repented and now I sing the same tunes as many others before me).

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Appen Response
10y
We’re very sorry to hear about your experience with Appen! Please feel free to contact us at feedback@appen.com. We would like to hear more information about your situation in hopes that it will help us improve our processes. Thank you.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Sep 28, 2017
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Pros

Working at home on the computer.

Cons

Lack of proper communication. No phone communication whatsoever, only by sending in tickets and emails. They hired me for a project for me to review advertisements and I worked hard at this task and always looked back at the materials as a guideline to keep all my answers as per how they want them to be. However, this was not good enough for them and I was retested. Of course, I knew they would fail the retest and fire me immediately. In addition, I have been putting in my house on my time sheet and they have not paid me once. They claim I will be paid for the hours I billed for but I have not seen any money yet. I am giving up on seeing any pay and my working with Appen has been a total waste of my time when I could have been putting in my efforts working for someone else.

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Appen Response
8y
We’re very sorry to hear about your negative experience with Appen! Please feel free to contact us at feedback@appen.com; we would love to hear more information about your situation in hopes that it will help us improve our processes. - HR Manager
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